Canton of Sancerre explained

Type:	canton
Sancerre
Seat:	Sancerre
Nbcomm:	36
Insee:	18 16
Area:	687.99

The Canton of Sancerre is a canton situated in the Cher département and is in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

An area of farming and winegrowing in the valley of the river Loire, in the northeastern part of the arrondissement of Bourges centred on the town of Sancerre. The altitude varies from 139m at Bannay to 392m at Sens-Beaujeu, with an average altitude of 219m.

Composition

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 18 to 36 communes:^[1]

• Assigny
• Bannay
• Barlieu
• Belleville-sur-Loire
• Boulleret
• Bué
• Concressault
• Couargues
• Crézancy-en-Sancerre
• Dampierre-en-Crot
• Feux
• Gardefort
• Jalognes
• Jars
• Léré
• Menetou-Râtel
• Ménétréol-sous-Sancerre
• Le Noyer
• Saint-Bouize
• Sainte-Gemme-en-Sancerrois
• Saint-Satur
• Sancerre
• Santranges
• Savigny-en-Sancerre
• Sens-Beaujeu
• Subligny
• Sury-en-Vaux
• Sury-ès-Bois
• Sury-près-Léré
• Thauvenay
• Thou
• Vailly-sur-Sauldre
• Veaugues
• Verdigny
• Villegenon

See also

• Arrondissements of the Cher department
• Cantons of the Cher department
• Communes of the Cher department

Notes and References

1. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028652446 Décret n° 2014-206 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Cher